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FOREWORD.
In presenting this pamphlet to the Public, it seems desirable
to explain that though the information contained therein
is necessarily of a very fragmentary nature, it is issued in the
hope that it will help to strengthen the general health of the
populace so as better to resist the effects of those conditions
which militate against the Public Health. These conditions
are being dealt with by the Town Council: but whatever the
circumstances, it is essential that every citizen shall maintain
as far as possible a high standard of personal health.
F.G.C.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY.
FOOD.
(1) Eat plain wholesome food at regular intervals and drink
plenty of water.
By plain wholesome food is meant that food which is not
made up, re-cooked, highly flavoured, or spiced; but which
is pure and unadulterated. There is no hard-and-fast rule as
to exactly what each person should eat. That "one man's
food is another man's poison" is, to some extent true. Unfortunately
at the present time there is a large quantity of food
exposed for sale which is "everyone's poison."
Milk is the only food that should be taken by infants up to
nine months old. Such milk should, if possible, be the milk of
a healthy mother. If, for various reasons, the child has to be
fed artificially, it should be given either fresh, pure liquid milk
or good dried milk (diluted). It is extremely difficult to procure
pure cow's milk in any large town. Purchasers should, however,
refuse to buy, for any purpose, milk which has been produced
or which is being sold under unhygienic conditions.
The diet of a child from the age of nine months should be
gradually altered so as to include food of a semi-solid and then
solid nature. Very young children should not be given too
much starchy matter (e.g., potatoes) or sweets. These need
not be withheld altogether, but should be given in moderation.
Fruit juice, fish, boiled or stewed (not fried), eggs and meat in
moderate quantities are all very desirable, whilst some form of
green vegetable is essential.